I
think everybody wants to help us out. Deep within, every
human on this globe
wants to show off how smart and cool they are. And what's the best
way to do this? BY TELLING US STUFF! That's right! Below
are some bands and labels that we have heard of, but can't seem to find
any information about. We'd be more than appreciative if you could
help us out. Be warned, though, lots of this is obscure and
rare. If you give us information about any of this, you will get credit
[your name, website, email, or whatever you want] in the
"solved mysteries" department. So read on, and if you see
something you know about, e-mail us at mattshimmer@gmail.com.

mystery

HELP
US!!! 9: Mighty Feeble RecordsWhat ever became of Mighty Feeble Records? For months their
website promised a huge comeback, but then it just went
offline. We want YOU to tell us what ever became of Mighty
Feeble. What led to its downfall? Or does it still exist in
some capacity? Is there an website or email/postal address we don't
know about? Tell us!

mystery

HELP
US!!! 10: Screwball ProductionsWhat happened to DIY punk label Screwball Productions? We have
the postal address (PO Box 752 / Boise ID 83701), but an email address,
website, or just a little blurb telling us what ever became of the label
would be nice.

mystery

HELP
US!!! 12: WebsiteThere exists, or existed, in the hallowed halls of time, a band called
"Website." What can you find out about them? Of
course, this will be a tough adventure, as a simple Google search of
"website", or even that clever trick "website band,"
will result in countless results. We'll get you started, though -
they have a release out on We're
Twins Records. Go!

mystery

HELP
US!!! 13: DVDEThis is a toughy. DVDE was played on Donna Summer's old
WFMU show; a tune from their demo was played. Donna seems to
think they're from Austria. You tell us. Any information would
be nice.

mystery

HELP
US!!! 15: AhlsenBand who had one song on the Galant Records No More Hi-Fi
compilation. Contact information, biography, or a website address
would be nice...

mystery

HELP
US!!! 15: Mighty FeeblesUnrelated to the label of a similar name, the Mighty Feebles
appear to be a punk (or something) band with a single self-titled LP
out. Taang Records carried that record for $30 at one point, but I
can't seem to find any more information. Get cracking
sistah!

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 1: Ants

Our request for help:
Ants is a hardcore techno outfit that we know nothing about. Well,
we do know that they have one album out, called "Newcastle
Sound", and we have heard the song "dissassembler" off of
it, but other than that, we have no idea. "Dissassembler"
was heard on WFMU and was just awesome. We'd be really appreciative
if you could offer us any information on Ants because we are simply
unable to do so ourselves.

Our request for help:Spalax is a label from France that reissues lots of old psychedelic
stuff. They've done releases by Lard Free and the like.
If you can find their website or e-mail address (or both!), then you truly
are the king.

The response (courtesy of Shank of http://www.shankweb.com)This is all that exists for Spalax
I finally found an address and used Google France to trace the address
back to this link.
Sorry the email addy in the link is incomplete....may be intentional, I
don't know. However there are other sub labels affiliated with Spalax
Music that may yield additional information if searched for.http://www.sppf.com/bddphp/test3.php?var=851
Spalax Records
10 rue de Feuillantines
75005 Paris France

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 3: Bloom

Our request for help:
Recently we reviewed a homemade cassette from a Japanese singer/songwriter
named Bloom. The problem is, we have no clue who he is or
what else he's done. Any information would be appreciated!

The response (courtesy of the always-resourceful Shank of http://www.shankweb.com)"BLOOM = Peter Lee Joun. Born in Hawaii and moved to Tokyo. Not
much to tell except he is a real nice gent. He sent me a couple of demos
about two years ago that were very good for home tape approach, I have
since lost touch with him. Unless a label has picked him up I would say
that he is still unsigned - the first demo was a "G Love and Special
Sauce" japanese edition cassette that he had 4 tracked on top of. The
second CD-R came a few months later with a newer and more impressive
collection of songs, along with hand written information on about 5 sheets
of plain white paper. I fowarded some of the material to folks I know in
the biz and they all thought it was great, don't know what has become of
it however. I can probably dig up some more stuff on him, but I think I
have covered the basics here."

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 4: White Knight

Our request for help:White Knight is a techno outfit that has a minor club hit awhile ago
with the song "Orgasm." We want to know if they had any
other songs. Additional information about the people behind the
outfit would also be dandy.

Our Request For HelpWho or what is Hypnotoad? There are many bizarre website
relating to hypnotoads, but none seem to actually reference the one I'm
looking for. They have one song I know of, called "This
Feeling," which was released on the Enduro label on a "3-d
7inch" called Plusprodukt. A Google search of "hypnotoad
enduro" yields a bunch of sites in German that I, alas, cannot
understand. You can download the "This Feeling" mp3 here
if you're interested. We've also found an announcement by the label here.
What do we want from you? Get us an e-mail address, a snail mail
address, or a list of any other things The Hypnotoad has been
involved in, and we'll grant you true kingship.

The response (courtesy of Shank of www.shankweb.com
and somebody else whose e-mail I lost!)"I translated this following passage as best I could:"

We
remember: In April Enduro published a freely downloadable MP3 Compilation
with the name "Ground zero".

A TRACK there already
particularly stung in the eye and did not only provide with us in the
editorship for Entzuecken. The speech is of Hypnotoads "This
Feeling", a Technohouse TRACK with SAM-polarizes from the Song of the
same name the Dutch volume "Earth & Fire".

To these appear contemporaneous in as 12"on Enduro. A publication
followed after Blaou in October 2002 and a licencing to the label Silly
Spider, on which "This Feeling" appeared under the name Kid
Quesran and/or Kid Q.. A ReRelease after Blaou and a ReReRelease under
Urban followed now. Well thing wants to have while.

After background are clear, now also the boldness reveals itself, with
which Mr. hyper hyper alias Scooter proceeded with its new publication.
The Hypnotoad/Kid Q. (everything the same person) release (among other
things into the DDC at place 4) was used as collecting main for Scooters
newest work "Weekend", which SAM-polarizes now with the same
offers and so that the Charts wants to erklimmen, what an easy will surely
be. "How much is the fish?"

Details background to the incident and more information under blaou.com
The Scooter plagiarism gibts for pure hearing under scootertechno.com

"This comes from the label (Enduro). Should close the
deal..............."

hey shank,
yes, right label.
record been available on 7" last year,
meanwhile sold out (limited etc).
today it s for various weeks
in the german single charts via silly spider/universal
and the guy hopefully will see some money for it soon.

Our Request For Help
Anybody want to find out something about this guy / girl / band? It's not
supposed to be "Binary," it's Binray. Apparently they have a
demo CDR out. And, yes, this is cool, but it's not quite what I'm looking
for - a band website, e-mail, profile, or whatever.

The response (courtesy of Shank and Binray himself)Binray gave us some important details about himself and
explained that he had a record coming out on Zod soon. Shank
followed this up with a link to the release's mini-site itself - http://www.zodrecords.com/releases/zod23.html.

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 7: Kosik

Our Request For HelpHad a split with Matt Borghi, I'm looking for a website or e-mail
address. Or anything else, for that matter.

The response (courtesy of Matt Borghi himself!)Matt provided us with his website - www.mattborghi.com,
as well as Kosik's - www.kosik.org.
Looks like our previous You Are The King! champion has some competition!

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 8: Musicfor

Our Request For Help
Find a website, e-mail address, or any information whatsoever about Musicfor
and that would make you the king. They most recently contributed a
song to the Watermelon Should Last Forever compilation on Asaurus
Records.

The Response (courtesy of none other than Asaurus Records owner Matt
Baringer!)Matt provided us with the Musicfor website, www.the-musicfor.com,
and the e-mail address. He also assured us that all of their records
are terrific and are available from the website. You can visit the
Asaurus Records website at www.asaurus.org/records
and can read an Indieville review of one of their albums here.
Musicfor also recently provided some Musicfor albums which we will review
shortly.

solved mystery!

HELP
US!!! 11: Snuffy Smiles Records

Our request
for help:
What is/was Snuffy Smiles? If you can provide a website,
email/postal address, discography, mini-bio, or anything else, that would
be really cool... I believe they are/were based in Japan.

The response (courtesy of the awesome Mike Day):Hi,
I happened across your "mysteries" page and I can solve one of these
for you...Snuffy Smile is/was a punk label from
Japan. They released stuff by bands like Husking Bee and Nails of
Hawaiian. I know this because along time ago
I used to have a CD called "Peace & Love," released byBroken Rekids, which was a compilation of stufffrom Snuffy Smile. Apparently this CD is rather rare and expensive
now.
Hope that helps!
Mike

solved
mystery!

HELP
US!!! 14: L?K?O?

Our request for help:Tokyo-based electronica musician. Find what you can. Get
cracking!

The response (courtesy of Shank of http://www.shankweb.com)
This guy plays lots of live DJ gigs around Tokyo/Kyoto. It appears the he
has done a few things with https://aquariusrecords.org/
Japanese label. I never did find the guys name that was translatable to
english - below are some things he has done - looks like he has been
active since at least 1996. There is a whole load of info on this guy on
the www - however there is no reference to whom he actually is.....
(A list of compilation appearances, both old and recent, was then
included. As well, it turns out he also goes by the name 1000
NEEDLES PUSHER)